If people want to understand the role of Black civil rights, and not just the Panthers, with the more violent end of the revolutionaries in the 70s, I can recommend “Days of Rage.” Quite an interesting book (and the Panthers don’t come off too badly).

From the bestselling author of Public Enemies and The Big Rich, an explosive account of the decade-long battle between the FBI and the homegrown revolutionary movements of the 1970s The Weathermen. ...

Ironically, many of the gun control law some white liberals support have their roots in racist Jim Crow laws.

e.g. Laws where one has to get a pistol permit or a sign off from the Sheriff office to buy a hand gun. That is still in the books in a few states, IIRC. Sounds reasonable, unless you have good ol’ boys running the system making sure only the “right” people get the permits.